Cali Expands Plastic Bag Ban

Some parts of Los Angeles County have followed other California cities in moving to ban single-use plastic bags. County supervisors voted 3-1 to OK the measure that prohibits giving customers single-use plastic bags and would force customers to pay 10 cents for each paper bag, according to MSNBC. The exception to the rule, which already [...]

Denim Satisfaction

At the risk of sounding shallow, I remember when I bought my first pair of designer jeans. I was not yet a NYC resident, but a visitor in town for a long weekend. I splurged on a respectable pair of straight leg fitted-but-not-skinny pair of blue Diesel jeans from the store on Lexington at 60th Street. [...]

NBC Bets On Love

NBC is hoping the countless single heterosexual men and women in America will tune into two new shows that demonstrate the many facets of modern love and what people do to find it. Or should we say lust. Based in Chicago, one new show, Friends with Benefits, stars five young adults searching for love, and [...]

Quality of Life Ranking Shines Light on Europe

The 2010 Quality of Living survey from consulting giant Mercer revealed that many European cities again topped the list of the best places to live. Taking the top slot was Vienna, Austria, followed by Zurich, Switzerland, and Geneva, another Swiss city, in third. After that, Vancouver, Canada, and Auckland, New Zealand, tied for fourth. The [...]

Australian Beauty Secrets Come Stateside

It’s a rare talent that has hair like this but can handle all manes equally. The beautiful woman below is none other than Janet Waddell, a haircare veteran and owner of the namesake salon in NYC’s Gramercy Park neighborhood. A blowout is a simple reminder of how big a role haircare is in a woman’s [...]

The Last Desi

For those of you that don’t know was a Desi is, it refers to someone from India, loosely translated. In some American movies, they’ll refer to the first generation child of Indian immigrants as an ABCD, American Born Confused Desi. This is the child that is so hell bent on seeming American that the parents [...]

A Tribute To Tunes

Dear musicians and geeks, here is my love letter to Pandora.com and all the amazing bands that have taken me through many long days filled with hedge fund articles. My introduction to the amazing algorithm-driven Web radio site came in May while visiting my brother in San Francisco. We were cooking a healthy NoCal meal, [...]

Whole Foods To Enter The Haight

Nouveau hippies in San Francisco’s historic Haight district will soon have a place to buy overpriced quinoa and coconut milk, thanks to the impending development of a Whole Foods on Haight and Stanyan Streets. According to the San Francisco Business Times, Developer Mark Brennan inked a lease with Whole Foods. The Austin-based grocery giant will [...]

Abre Los Ojos: Origins Offers A Wakeup Call

Surviving the first few days of each week might be easy if Origins gave us free eye cream and espresso every week. But, we are not alone and we are not ungrateful. So, we invite you to head over to the select Origins stores (listed below) Tuesday and Wednesday November 3 and 4, to try [...]

More Than A Pretty Face

Spotted: Bay To Breakers, San Francisco Name: Jessalyn Age: 23 Hometown: Montgomery, New York Current ‘hood: San Francisco First language: English Job: Business Analyst Ethnicity: American of Hungarian, German and Irish descent Favorite Condiment: Hummus Religion: Don’t practice Favorite Nut: Almond On your iPod now: Lily Allen, Nelly Furtado, Motown Favorites Actress: Jane Lynch Dream [...]

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